When Phase I of the flood – save what you can see – was over, we entered Phase II – save what you can’t see. Using sophisticated infrared cameras it was determined that there is quite a bit of water in my plaster walls. Water can destroy plaster walls and fuel an outbreak of mold, yikes! So the baseboards came off and the battle began. My house needed life saving air, kind of like mouth to mouth for…
On a clear, sunny day for one brief hour, a bizarre, windy storm hit Tampa. In that one hour my roof was exposed to the sky – shingles and paper off, just the skeleton of wood. My dry, 90 year old house received the drenching like a 100% pima cotton towel – soaking it up into every crevice and passing the excess on so that it permeated our two story house and landed in victorious puddles on my wood floors.…
In April Walter Bruening, the world’s oldest man, died at the age of 114. Having seen an entire century unfold he had a lot of wise advice to share. His last piece of advice is the hardest to swallow but the greatest in importance. From Walter: “We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.” I am not even half of Walter’s age but this is a lesson…
Have you ever been in charge of something that evolved into something you never thought you were qualified for? iMOM (the program) is like that for me. I am the director but I often feel the child has outgrown the parent! The iMOM Blog was a lot of different writers but mostly me. But because I was writing for iMOM I didn’t always feel like I could write all of my thoughts. So, I am going to be a little…